Die Mühlen der Zivilisation: Eine Tiefengeschichte der frühesten Staaten
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States is a 2017 book by James C. Scott that sets out to undermine what he calls the "standard civilizational narrative" that suggests humans chose to live settled lives based on intensive agriculture because this made people safer and more prosperous. Instead, he argues, people had to be forced to live in the early states, which were hierarchical, beset by malnutrition and disease, and often based on slavery. The book has been praised for re-opening some of the biggest questions in human history. A review in Science concludes that the book's thesis "is fascinating and represents an alternative, nuanced, if somewhat speculative, scenario on how civilized society came into being."
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Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
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Die Mühlen der Zivilisation | Paperback | 978-3-518-29934-0 | 2020-12 |
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- 2023-07-12